260,144 people jailed in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons
According to recent data released by Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül, 260,144 people are jailed in the country’s 385 overcrowded prisons, with 57,710 inmates...
Abducted by Turkish intelligence in Baku, Gülenist teacher put in pre-trial detention in Ankara:...
Mehmet Gelen, a Turkish teacher who was reportedly abducted in Baku early on Saturday morning, turns out to have been forcibly returned to...
80-year-old Kurdish man dies of heart attack during trial
İbrahim Akbaba, an 80-year-old Kurdish man, died of a heart attack on Saturday in Edirne F Type Prison.
Akbaba, a Kurdish citizen who was accused...
Erdoğan’s lawyer demands fine for Halk TV over show critical of president
Hüseyin Aydın, a lawyer for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,
has applied to the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) to impose
a fine...
Turkish court releases Austrian journalist Max Zirngast from pre-trial detention
An Ankara court on Monday released Austrian journalist Max
Zirngast, who has been in pre-trial detention on terrorism charges,
after accepting an indictment against...
Erdogan’s long arm reaches to West African nation of Senegal
Turkey has expanded its witch hunt against critics to the West African nation of Senegal, specifically targeting members of the Gülen movement, using embassy...
Prosecutor launches investigation into veteran actors hours after Erdoğan targets them
A senior prosecutor in İstanbul on Sunday initiated an investigation into veteran Turkish actors Metin Akpinar and Müjdat
Gezen for alleged insult and threat...
RSF 2018 report: Turkey remains world’s biggest jailer of professional journalists
Turkey continues to be the world’s biggest jailer of professional
journalists according to a report released on Tuesday by Reporters
without Borders (RSF), despite...
Netherlands investigating Turkish professor’s remark that killing Gülenists is permissible in Islam
Dutch officials have initiated an investigation into Rotterdam
Islamic University President Ahmet Akgündüz, a staunch supporter of the
Turkish government, who said that killing...
TV anchor says pro-gov’t media responsible if something bad happens to him
Fox TV news anchor Fatih Portakal has complained about being targeted
by pro-government media outlets due to his recent remarks about the
unlikelihood of...
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Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...